Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-12
MIDLAND.
Boring an Arsesian Well in tha Court.
honse Sqaars-Pr0grsss in IrfIga.
sIaa During the Year.
What wafer VIII Do for the staksd Plain
nAdvoca sf Cheap Rates 80 T, xas.
Lands Classified.
Correspondence of the Gazette.

I GIAcLCrs tOT DOIlHS al citSeloh well
the courthouse square, for which an ap
preparation is made by the Commission
er's court, are now going on with TIT
work at good rate. For a few week!
hey were delayed in getting coal for thei
engine, then in getting casing. But bott
are row on the ground.
The experience Of our people the pas
year, in the wsy of irrigstiCp, has greatly
| stimulated confidence in the county. ar
inexhaustible stresm of water flows be-
meath the Stxk Plsin at 8 depth of frCH
twenty 80 Sky feet, and tie ares one
good well will irri.sfe, il the WsteI
is economically used, will surprise one
| who has given the subject little OF no
thought IL estimating the quantity of
water necessary for irrigsti1g we n y re-
cure some reliable data from the amount
| that falls during a rain. Il is thought
that If the ground could get every wes =
half inch Of rain " u.d be K pit L p O.
per condition to ms'Ure anY CrOp. There
sre on m sc e 272 $40 square iDches A
hslf il ca Of rainfall tneDs pours upon an
acre 136,320 ubic inches Il water.
Nov, then, L en- acre Of ground can set
this much water esCh week, shy
tree will grow and any vegetable
can be raised II The water is applied TO
the surface more, pr0bsbl7, would be Re
CURED, owing &c evaporation, nu5 bg
sub irrigation there is 90 w5ste from any
source; every gallon i5 utilized. There
sfe 23l cubic inches In gallon. TGGre
fore 1856 900 CUBIC Inches are ecu Yalent
TO IL $50 gallons or 49, barrels, wnirh
enables 81 barrels 20 be gppIled e13h day
80 esch sore. But if this is needed only
once week, seven scTes may be irrl,
gated. That is, well snd windmill thun
throws 81 bsrrels g day will irrigste seven
acres II ground. Even tep-foot wheel
viii threw much more taan 81 barrels each
day. Irere are wells inst can NOT
De Exhausted, eud by using en- eighteen
Or t9enty-fUot tsheel and & large tank
OK reservoir considerable largeE area
than this Can De cultivated.
Ifese figures fully chow that, when
water is Economically used, there is no
question about the Stsked P1=iD having
ia oSundsnt supply for all lFElg&tinG pur-
poees.
TIE farmer then who Canuot sffard en-
artesian well at once nay easily see that
be csn irrigate f; " acres OF trees and
vines from al ordinary well.
M. Edward Thomas, Wno Cwne 3
ranch ten miles from Midland, is prep&r-
ing 10 irsiga1e extensively next yesr. He
will build tank ST solid masonry IIty
feet wide by 1C0 feet long.
Mr. n. S Worley is fading L ready sale
for sweet potatoes, pumpkins, sguashes,
etc, that he raised the past summer, the
same giving . good WELD.
SQblrrigation methods have not yet
been tried here, although several parties
have given the subject g study and propose
testing il next Year. L is successful IN
Colorado.
Considerable rein is falling this winter,
which keeps the ground vet. Ii
will thus re in prime condition
rexf spring, and crops VIII
grow aad mature Without irrigation. Al
experience OF seversl years in the west
eEsbles one 10 rely upon this with Tea-
sUnsble certainty.
TIE efforts Of THE GAZETTE for cheap
rates 10 T5xss finds an earnest echo from
the S.sk3d Pain. There is TO more
favorable lcc2lity fer G satitarium on 6
grand scale than here. Is altitude is 3
h5ppv medium between the m8rshY
W88Les OF Florida aud the lacEgtstncas
sltl1gCes of Colorado and NV NJ xco
II is outside the MOTHER belE, THESE Pc Easeasss
occurrences being less severe hsrg tEfn
even tOr5y miles east Of MidlagG. u Is
impossible for certain disessss tQsS I.st
here. The deugue that has hhG, tSuch y
run in the east during q p0rti3M IF eseh
# the last Ibree years hss not mao g. lis
appearance here. Typhcid fevtr cxDnot
exiss here. few weeks aso - had
q LITTLE smallpox excitement Hsfich re-5
suited IN 30 smallpox bat caused near
" every enc so be VaCCinated. Toe drug
gist obtained from S.. Louis supply Of
vscCine matter, known TO be COCO, and
the physicians are surprised to observe
the large per cent. OF the people WHO
were never before Vsccinsted on whom it
will not "work,n and in nearly every
case, it's working is delayed bryord the
normal period Ia c'her localities g. The
physicians sscribe this TO the climate,
which by it's Effect upon the system, en-
soles the system 30 better Withstand Gen.
tsgion.
Colonel J. C. Carr, state agexs to
classify lands, has completed the eisssih-
cstion Of Midland and Ecsor counties.
He clsssif es shout two-tnirds OF The
st csisHs III esch county as agricultural,
the balance as grazing. Several stock
men between E;tor county and the
Peess river are sWaisisg classihca-
ton IN order TO lease. Tney |
dislike to lease land wish the da ger Of
ssvlpg il seld, which it is "a Jet 10 if il
Is subs qaent!y clsssf d as agricultural.
During the past GUNNER the publisher |
of the Staked Plain, tie only paper st
this place, was admitted 80 practice Law
He ADDS MS law practice growing, which
demands more attention, and this week
of1srs his newspaper property for sale. It
is paying plant with all OF the county
patronage.
The ficial survey Of Crane county hss
Just been completed. This county wac
carved out of Tom Green by the lass Leg
lslature, and it was claimed BY the mother
county TO ntsin less than 700 square
miles, the constitutional minimum. but
The multitudinous winnings OF ,he Pecos
river, Which boands the eousty on the
add sufficient territory TO
swell the area to $50 square miles.
The Texas and Pacific Rsilway has not
completed an important and necessary
add ion to the stock shipping fac l.tles
Of Mldlsrd by building another tank snd
putting up larger niiI for the purpose
IF watering stock